Figured I would post up some pics of my current YJ project. I picked up this 1988 YJ last fall from a local Jeep and 4x4 shop. The owner of the shop is a great guy and just wanted it out of the parking lot. It had 190,000 on the clock but ran great and by the shiny black paint on the block it looked as if the motor had been replaced at some point. It had newish paint, a 3ish inch lift, a nice hard top and doors. We put it on the lift and it had very little rot (one small soft spot). The bad is that the slave cylinder was shot. He figured for the hard top with tinted glass, rust free hard doors, best top soft top and bikini top he could get at least $700 bucks so I offered him $800 and I was the new owner.
Here are some pics of when I towed it home.

Since the pics above it has gone through a bit of a transformation. The first big surprise was when I went to pull the tranny and realized at some point the BA10 had been swapped out for an AX-15. While the tranny and T case were out I also installed a HD SYE in the NP231. I have painted most of the frame with POR-15, installed a Daystar 1" BL, MORE and Currie boomerang shackles, installed a used TOMKEN bumper, ditched the pulse air system and replaced the exhaust, installed my old Ramsey winch, flat fendered the front fenders with modded TJ flares.
I have been busy this winter.

When removing the stock flares and side steps I uncovered RUST! I knew it was there and actually was pleased to see it was not as bad as I had thought.
This was the soft spot I referred to in the first post.

I am waiting for the warmer weather so I can roll it out of the garage and do some sandblasting and welding.

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Yeah man, holy cow. Even if you had to buy another tranny, you'd still be ahead of the game. People sell their rotted out, top-missing, clutch slipping, bearing-broken 4 cylinders down here in PA for at least $3K.

94 YJ w/ stuff. All the work/money I put into it, and the comment I get most is my $20 mod: "Hand throttle?!? That's awesome."